Jon 3 | EngLXX | STEP | And the word of the Lord came to Jonas the second time, saying,

‏ Jonah 3

1 And the word of the Lord came to Jonas the second time, saying, 2 Rise, go to Nineve, the great city, and preach in it according to the former preachingwhich I spoke to you of. 3 And Jonas arose, and went to Nineve, as the Lord had spoken. Now Nineve was an exceedinggreat city, of about three days' journey. 4 And Jonas began to enter into the city about a day's journey, and he proclaimed, and said,Yet three days, and Nineve shall be overthrown. 5 And the men of Nineve believed God, and proclaimed a fast, and put on sackcloths, fromthe greatest of them to the least of them. 6 And the word reached the king of Nineve, and he arose from off his throne, and took offhis raiment from him, and put on sackcloth, and sat on ashes. 7 And proclamation was made, and it was commanded in Nineve by the king an by his greatmen, saying, Let not men, or cattle, or oxen, or sheep, tasteany thing, nor feed, nor drink water. 8 So men and cattle were clothed with sackcloths, and cried earnestly to God; and they turnedevery one from their evil way, and from the iniquity that was in their hands, saying, 9 Who knows if God will repent, and turn from his fierce anger, andso we shall not perish? 10 And God saw their works, that they turned from their evil ways; and God repented of theevil which he had said he would do to them; and he didit not.